AND THE 2001 WINNER IS ... The RBLs have spoken! With a HUGH "Thank you!" to all who voted, here are the winners of the coveted 2001 Hughie Awards! BEST MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE BY DESIGN by Madeline Hunter BEST WESTERN HISTORICAL ROMANCE NEVER MARRY A COWBOY by Lorraine Heath BEST ENGLISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE A WOMAN OF VIRTUE by Liz Carlyle BEST SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE MIDNIGHT HONOR by Marsha Canham BEST "OTHER" HISTORICAL ROMANCE (Americana, Viking, etc.) THE SCARLETTI CURSE by Christine Feehan BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE FAST WOMEN by Jennifer Crusie BEST CONTEMPORARY SERIES/CATEGORY ROMANCE CAUGHT IN THE ACT by Lori Foster BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE/MYSTERY THE DEFIANT HERO by Suzanne Brockmann BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE (Time Travel, Futuristic, Fantasy, etc.) KISS OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning BEST ANTHOLOGY OUT OF THIS WORLD by J.D. Robb, Laurell K. Hamilton, Susan Krinard, and Maggie Shayne BEST COVER DARK FIRE by Christine Feehan BEST TITLE (cleverest, most appropriate, etc.) PHANTOM WALTZ by Catherine Anderson BEST AUTHOR Suzanne Brockmann BEST NEW-TO-YOU AUTHOR Karen Ranney FAVORITE HERO Drustan MacKeltan (KISS OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning) FAVORITE HEROINE Daisy (OPEN SEASON by Linda Howard) FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - MALE Sam (THE DEFIANT HERO and OVER THE EDGE by Suzanne Brockmann) FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - FEMALE Alyssa (THE DEFIANT HERO and OVER THE EDGE by Suzanne Brockmann) FUNNIEST SCENE Daisy buying condoms (OPEN SEASON by Linda Howard) HOTTEST SCENE Sam and Alyssa in the shower (THE DEFIANT HERO by Suzanne Brockmann) MOST TOUCHING SCENE Sam telling Alyssa that he has to marry another woman because she's pregnant (OVER THE EDGE by Suzanne Brockmann) BEST LINE OR QUOTE "Drink to me! I just realized that I've slept with everyone at this table!" (Nell in FAST WOMEN by Jennifer Crusie) BEST BOOK-YOU-READ-IN-2001- THAT-WAS-PUBLISHED-BEFORE-2001 THE HIGHLANDER'S TOUCH by Karen Marie Moning THE 2004 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 2003 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 2002 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 2000 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 1999 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! THE 1998 HUGHIE AWARD WINNERS! Copyright © RBL Romantica. All rights reserved. Reproducing material from this site without permission is prohibited.